The folk legend from Co Down will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's RTÉ Radio1 Folk Awards . He chats about growing up in a very religiously and socially-divided northern Ireland, touring as The Sands Family, performing in the US, the tragic death of his brother Eugene and playing outside Stormont on the week of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998

The folk legend from Co Down will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's RTÉ Radio1 Folk Awards . He chats about growing up in a very religiously and socially-divided northern Ireland, touring as The Sands Family, performing in the US, the tragic death of his brother Eugene and playing outside Stormont on the week of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998

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Tommy Sands

The visual artist, who is being honoured with the inaugural Francis Bacon Lifetime Achievement Award for Irish Visual Arts, chats about his relationship with his parents growing up in Mullingar, the presence of art in his life, the burgeoning Dublin arts scene in the 1960s, dealing with his alcoholism, religious faith and his happiness now 

The visual artist, who is being honoured with the inaugural Francis Bacon Lifetime Achievement Award for Irish Visual Arts, chats about his relationship with his parents growing up in Mullingar, the presence of art in his life, the burgeoning Dublin arts scene in the 1960s, dealing with his alcoholism, religious faith and his happiness now&nbsp;

Patrick Graham

Chat with Victoria Warwick and Filip Klubička of the Irish a-cappella vocal group, who've just had an extraordinary adventure on The Voice UK. Their new album 'Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum' is released later this month

Official website: https://www.ardumusic.com/

(for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)

Chat with Victoria Warwick and Filip Klubička of the Irish a-cappella vocal group, who've just had an extraordinary adventure on The Voice UK. Their new album 'Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum' is released later this monthOfficial website: https://www.ardumusic.com/(for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)

Ardú

The comedian chats about growing up in Kinvara, Galway; her life changed at 23 when her mother died and she became head of the household, but in a shot of inspiration (she believes sent by her mother) on holiday in Tenerife she found the courage to finally pursue her dream of being a performer and created her show 'Good Grief'

Official website: https://aoifedunnecomedy.com/   

The comedian chats about growing up in Kinvara, Galway; her life changed at 23 when her mother died and she became head of the household, but in a shot of inspiration (she believes sent by her mother) on holiday in Tenerife she found the courage to finally pursue her dream of being a performer and created her show 'Good Grief'Official website: https://aoifedunnecomedy.com/&nbsp; &nbsp;

Tommy Sands

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